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And (what is now called) DEISM;
Even with respect to the Prefent Life.

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SERMON

Preached at

St. Martin's in the Fields,
MARCH the 7th. 169.

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Being the First of the Lecture Founded by
the Honourable ROBERT BOYLE, Esquire.

By RICHARD BENTLEY, M. A.
Chaplain to the Right Reverend Father in God,
EDWARD, Lord Bishop of Worcester.

The Fourth Edition.

LONDON,

Printed by J. H. for H. Mortlock at the Phonix in
St. Paul's Church-yard. 1693.

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To my moft Honoured Patrons, TRUSTEES appointed by the Will of the

Honourable Robert Boyle, Efq;

The Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, Sir Henry Afburst, K' and Baronet. Sir John Rotheram, Serjeant at Law. John Evelyn, fenior, Efquire.

Moft Honoured,

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OD having difpofed the Heart of that incomparable Perfon, the Honourable ROBERT BOYLE, Efquire, lately deceafed, the Glory of our Nation and Age, whofe Charity and Goodnes were as Univerfal as his Learning and Fame; “To "settle an Annual Salary for fome Divine or Preaching Minifter, who fhall be enjoyned to

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perform the Offices following: 1. To preach "Eight Sermons in the Year, for proving the "Christian Religion against notorious Infidels, "viz, Atheists, Deifts, Pagans, Jews and Mahometans ; "not defcending to any Controverfies that are a(( mong

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